Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . THE STRANGE CITIES 43 But the monolithic columns here are by no meansthe only remarkable features of the masonry of interior and exterior of these great halls are carvedwith a beautifully executed geometrical design—theGreek pattern enclosed in a quadrilateral, the blocksupon which they are cut being exactly fitted andadjusted in their places with scarcely visible , at Mitla, as in other places in the Americas—Huanuco ^ an
Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . THE STRANGE CITIES 43 But the monolithic columns here are by no meansthe only remarkable features of the masonry of interior and exterior of these great halls are carvedwith a beautifully executed geometrical design—theGreek pattern enclosed in a quadrilateral, the blocksupon which they are cut being exactly fitted andadjusted in their places with scarcely visible , at Mitla, as in other places in the Americas—Huanuco ^ and Cuzco, in Peru, for example—it seemsto have been deemed an essential and peculiar art toadjust great blocks of stone with so great a nicety that nomortar was necessary and the joints almost , of course, necessitated infinite time and patience—both of which were at the disposal of these prehistoricbuilders. It is to be recollected, in this connection,that each stone was generally an individual and nota counterpart, and so often had to be fitted to itsfellows in the wall, by the laborious method of con-tinually placing and
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